Dharma Malbec/Cabernet Franc Reserva
WHY WE LOVE IT
- Dharma Malbec/Cabernet Franc reflects the natural essence of wine, produced with organic and biodynamic grapes.
- The winery is organically certified, and grapes are delivered via gravity, fermented with native yeast, and made without animal products, making it vegan and GMO-free.
- Sourced from a single vineyard, the wine is aged for 12 months in neutral French oak barrels and concrete eggs, followed by at least one year of bottle aging before release.
Varietal Composition: 60% Malbec, 40% Cabernet Franc
Elaboration: Hand harvested. Destemmed and delivered to concrete fermentation tanks via gravity. Pumped over 2 times a day, delestage at middle of fermentation. Native yeast. Unfined and unfiltered. Aged in 2nd and 3rd use French oak for 12 months.
Tasting Notes: Dark garnet rim and opaque body come across with ripe blackberry, black cherry and plum notes, tar, rubber and pencil lead, yielding to grippy tannins and mouth coating persistence.
PRESS
2022 – 90 James Suckling
PRODUCER BACKGROUND
At the crossroads of four corners and four historic wineries, Luigi Bosca, Baldini, and Lagarde, Bodega Calle is located on their southwest corner. A small-lot, gravity-flow, red wine making studio located in the prized viticultural area of Luján de Cuyo, our winery was opened in 2001 in the restored Claudio Erice winery, originally built in 1925. The winery concentrates on varietal wines and premium red blends sourced from viticultural areas throughout Luján and Valle de Uco. All wines are made with the use of gravity and are never pumped to deliver the grapes to the fermentation tanks.
All grapes are farmed without the use of herbicides or pesticides, are hand picked and sorted and vinified using native yeasts, which results in a more gradual fermentation curve and less intervention with refrigeration. Bodega Calle is a certified organic winery and the wines are GMO free and vegan. Also, the winery recently joined the DOC of Luján de Cuyo, the 5th winery ever to be admitted. Kirk Ermisch is its principal owner and general manager. Christopher Ermisch is the original founder of Bodega Calle, along with Elvira Calle, a famous local businesswoman and philanthropist.